Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

Poor diet and sedentary behaviour have led to an increase in obesity and lifestyle-related disease and a huge rise in chronic medical conditions.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

Waste does not exist in nature because ecosystems reuse everything that grows in a never-ending cycle of efficiency and purpose.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

By innovating and investing in health technology, we believe that we can really change the future of health.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

Minimally invasive surgery is the way forward: the patient goes home the next day; there are fewer complications.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

Sustainable solutions based on innovation can create a more resilient world only if that innovation is focused on the health and well-being of its inhabitants. And it is at that point - where technology and human needs intersect - that we will find meaningful innovation.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

We undertook a huge internal transformation to sharpen our customer focus, step up innovation, improve productivity to ensure competitiveness, change our culture, and simplify our ways of working so that our size and scale became a competitive advantage rather than a bureaucratic hangover after years of diversification.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

We are very optimistic about our opportunities in China. Our toothbrushes continue to sell very well, while the growth of private hospitals diminishes the risk of government preferring domestic suppliers.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

Like all major transitions in human history, the shift from a linear to a circular economy will be a tumultuous one. It will feature heroes and pioneers, naysayers and obstacles, and moments of victory and doubt. If we persevere, however, we will put our economy back on a path of growth and sustainability.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

In Kenya, e-learning has taught 12,000 nurses how to treat major diseases such as HIV and malaria, compared to the 100 nurses a year that can be taught in a classroom.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

Tech can help population health, make health more accessible, more affordable. Tech can also get people get more included in the economy and contribute and drive growth, and growth and wealth are great contributors to a safer world.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

I remain convinced of the compelling case for connected care.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

Changing the ways of governments usually doesn't happen quickly, but time is a luxury the world no longer enjoys.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

If we are to ensure that healthcare remains affordable and widely available for future generations, we need to radically rethink how we provide and manage it - in collaboration with key health system partners - and apply the technology that can help achieve these changes.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

We can only compete in the world against competitors from Asia, the United States, or wherever if we look at unmet needs.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

The conventional way of selling products out of the catalogue no longer works; the relationship needs to become more sticky.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

Genomics, Artificial Intelligence, and Deep Machine learning technologies are helping practitioners deliver better diagnosis and actually freeing up time for patient interaction.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

Light is one of the basic areas that will give you comfort, but it is undergoing a technological revolution in moving from conventional lighting to semiconductor-based lighting, and as it does that, it is becoming intelligent with the transition from analogue to digital.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

Insurers reimburse critical care, not the avoidance of incidents. Therefore, investments are not targeted towards prevention.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

To become the global leader in HealthTech and shape the future of the industry, we will combine our vibrant Healthcare and Consumer Lifestyle businesses into one company.

Frans van Houten
Frans van Houten

In an aging world with more chronic disease, health and healthcare are enormous opportunities that we want to focus on.